ONE star pupil re-wrote history as a junior athletics team bagged a glut of medals in the Woking and District Athletics Championships, defending their title in the process.

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ONE star pupil re-wrote history as a junior athletics team bagged a glut of medals in the Woking and District Athletics Championships, defending their title in the process.

Michael Hillman smashed a longstanding 100m record as Woking High School under-16 boys finished ahead of Winston Churchill, with Gordon’s School, West End, back in third place.

In total the boys recorded six gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

The golds included two from Hillman, whose fine sprint in the 100m, in 10.9secs, was the highlight while his discus throw also earned him top honours.

Callum Edwards won the 200m, Carl van der Merwe lifted the shot put prize and Jack Wilkinson leapt to high jump glory while the 4x100m relay team also triumphed.

Other top three finishers were Robert Cole, silver in the triple jump and bronze in the 800m, Ben Gregory, silver in the javelin, and Kieran McCarron, bronze in the long jump.

The girls’ team finished fourth overall with Sir William Perkins, Chertsey, winning.

The girls recorded a number of top-three finishes including Leanne Sands securing gold in the 200m, Amy Edmonds silver (300m), Ali Gilbert bronze in the 100m and long jump and Jade Barclay, who took bronze in the discus.

In the English Schools Championships both Woking High Year 7 and 8 boys and girls’ team have qualified for the regional finals of the English Schools and will compete in the next two weeks.